Coach Nick Arriaga added extra time in practice to improve that area of play, even having the Wolves shoot free throws while winded from their conditioning drills.

"That they're able to respond to it and see that they have a win, it's nice to see their smiles on their faces after they rewarded themselves with that victory," Arriaga said.

King also had six rebounds and four steals to go with a game-high 24 points as Woodland moved to 2-4 in the Tri-County Conference and 3-16 overall.

"She was locked in," Arriaga said of King, who had three 3-pointers in the first half. "She was being very aggressive and getting to the line. That was one of our main focused this whole week, was just getting free throws down."

Though Woodland's resulting total -- 9 of 20 compared with 14 of 41 Friday -- wasn't over 50 percent, the coach was still impressed.

Just as he was with the Wolves' defense Thursday, calling it a "total team effort defensively."

Rather than let Nighthawks standout Halle Hamre score 13 points like when the Wolves last met Natomas, Woodland kept her to eight points using a box-one strategy. Berlinda Cato spent the most time zoning in on Hamre with the box-one, but Amy Kochera, Daijah Oliva and Yeevena Coronado also contributed.

The Nighthawks took the Wolves' lead, targeting King in the second half.

"They tried to stop her and they definitely did," Arriaga said. "But we still had everybody else still contributing and still chipping away at it."

Coronado had six points, Kochera scored five points and Hailee Gall added four points.

Of note were the seven rebounds Kochera grabbed, as well as six boards by Cato and three by Bella Flores. Sammi Ibbetson added four blocks.

"Good thing the defense was there, and rebounding -- the small little things ... that I've been preaching all season," Arriaga said.

The coach hopes this win, unlike Woodland's league-opening one over Natomas, will spill into the rest of TCC play.

"We started off league with a win and we lost four straight, so it's just trying to pick up steam and push it all the way through the season," Arriaga said. "Even if it's a game where we're not going to win, at least bring our best effort every game."